| Canton Memorial Civic Center | |
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| location = 1101 Market Ave. N Canton, OH 44702 |
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| Opened | 1951 |
| Owner | City of Canton |
| Operator | SMG |
| Capacity | 5,200 (maximum) 4,000 (indoor football) |
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| Canton Invaders (AISA/NPSL) (1984-1997) Canton Legends (AIFL/AIFA (2005-2008) Ohio Aviators (ABA) (2005) Ohio Vortex (PASL-Pro) (2009-present) Canton Cougars (UIFL) (2011-present) Canton Charge (D-League) (2011-present) |
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The Canton Memorial Civic Center is a multi-purpose arena in Canton, Ohio, USA. It was built in 1951. It was the home to the Canton Legends arena football team and Canton Invaders indoor soccer team and Ohio Aviators of the American Basketball Association. The Canton Memorial Civic Center is owned by the City of Canton and can hold up to 5,200 guests in the arena, and up to 600 guests in the McKinley Room.
It is large enough that it hosts several concerts (music, children and comedy) each year, and yet intimate enough that it host many private and community events such as several of the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame festival events.
In the 1980s and 1990s, it hosted many professional wrestling shows promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation, including several broadcast episodes of WCW's Monday Nitro and the WWF's Monday Night Raw. On March 24, 2007, it held a "Road to WrestleMania 23" house show for World Wrestling Entertainment. It also held a SmackDown! house show, on January 5, 2008 and an ECW/Smackdown house show on August 31st, 2009.
On October 27, 2008, Barack Obama held a Closing Address Rally to a crowd of over 4,000.
The arena is now the home of the Ohio Vortex of the Professional Arena Soccer League and the Canton Cougars of the Ultimate Indoor Football League. In fall 2011, it became home to the Canton Charge of the NBA Development League.
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